

Home Front
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Kristin Hannah
"Home Front is Hannah's crowning achievement."—The Huffington PostIn this powerhouse of a novel, Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of a husband and wife, in love and at war.All marriages have a breaking point. All families have wounds. All wars have a cost. . . .Like many couples, Michael and Jolene Zarkades have to face the pressures of everyday life—children, careers, bills, chores—even as their twelve-year marriage is falling apart. Then a deployment sends Jolene deep into harm's way and leaves defense attorney Michael at home, unaccustomed to being a single parent to their two girls. As a mother, it agonizes Jolene to leave her family, but as a solider, she has always understood the true meaning of duty. In her letters home, she paints a rose-colored version of her life on the front lines, shielding her family from the truth. But war will change Jolene in ways that none of them could have foreseen. When tragedy strikes, Michael must face his darkest fear and fight a battle of his own—for everything that matters to his family.At once a profoundly honest look at modern marriage and a dramatic exploration of the toll war takes on an ordinary American family, Home Front is a story of love, loss, heroism, honor, and ultimately, hope."Hannah has written a remarkable tale of duty, love, strength, and hope that is at times poignant and always thoroughly captivating and relevant." —Library Journal (starred review)
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More Details:
Author
Kristin Hannah
Pages
400
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2012-01-31
ISBN
1429942215 9781429942218
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"This book was great! Really beautiful. If you're in a reading slump this can pull you right out. HOWEVER - Maybe it was the author or maybe the narrator (I listened to the audiobook) but dang those are some annoying kids. "
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Siara_C
"Another great Kristin Hannah book. This one is about a married couple navigating the very complex nature of one person going to war, and all of the effects it has, particularly on relationships. "
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Sheldon Rapoza
"A really good book about what it is like for a military family when I loved one gets deployed. Kristin Hannah wrote this book beautifully. Many of us will never truly understand what our soldiers go through and what their families go through. This was a very good read"
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Alyssa Bull
"Kristin Hannah's characterization is impeccable. This is so much more than just a book. It's pure emotional storytelling. "
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Rebecca Medlin
"A beautiful emotional book."
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Lindsey McLoughlin
"Definitely not KH’s best but a good read/listen. "
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Heidi Oneil
"This one was hard for me to get into. The start was a bit slow. Overall it was a good book just a slow start."
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Beth Scott
"Hannah knows how to play a reader’s emotions. As I listened to this, I smiled, I cried (way more than I wanted), and I yelled at the characters—a lot! It really takes talent to make a reader (or listener) do that, so kudos to Hannah for writing yet another remarkable, heart-wrenching tale."
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Ricki Marking-Camuto
"I found this read to be truly captivating—a mix of heartbreak and heart-mending. The writing was exceptionally well-done, and I thoroughly enjoyed it."
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Lourdes Umana
"Boring. Anticlimactic. Predictable. "
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Nicole Richardson